In Mexico, the determined federal agent Machete Cortez opposes to the order of his chief and drives with his partner to the hideout of the drug lord Rogelio Torrez to rescue an abducted witness against the gangster. However, he finds the witness naked on the bed but he is surprisingly betrayed by the woman, and his wife and daughter are murdered by Torrez. Three years later, Machete is an illegal immigrant in Texas that wanders on the streets seeking job in the Day Labor Site. He is hired by Michael Booth to assassinate the boasting right-winged Senator John McLaughlin, who is against the immigrants and defends the construction of an electrified fence along the border with Mexico. Machete receives one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the assignment, but he gives the money to Luz, a Mexican woman that sells taco in her truck and manages the underground Network that assists illegal Mexicans and helped Machete three years ago. When Machete is ready as a sniper in a tower, he finds that he has been betrayed and set up by Booth, who actually is McLaughlin's adviser and plotted the scheme to improve the statistics with the sympathy of the electors to McLaughlin. Once again Machete survives and discovers that Booth supports the vigilantes led by the cruel Von Jackson and is associated to Torrez. Now Machete seeks revenge against his enemies and becomes a myth. After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss. Its just another high end action movie, that makes an adrenaline rush in the audience. The young and action loving audience, usually like that kind of movies. Rambo, Terminator Salvation, The Expendables are good examples of such kind of movies. <br/><br/>It would be an over statement to put this movie in even that category. I was totally in mood of watching a high action movie. But the weird scenes in it, just too much beyond the logic(though logic should not be watched for in high action movies), turned the whole good effort into a MESS.<br/><br/>Director could not decide, whether he wants the audience to enjoy movie for its ACTION scenes, or its STORY. On the whole, it was a mess between story, action also resulting in many Goof-ups.<br/><br/>I would never suggest one to watch this movie, if you are in mood of watching a high end action movie, because even these movies demand clear story and no mess. When I saw it was that hair-dyed Karate guy - Segal - in this movie I almost turned the channel, but I'm so glad I did not.<br/><br/>This movie is outrageously over the top. It's so bad that it's good. Better than good. The violence is cartoon-like in it's excess, and always done with a tongue in the cheek. No can of fake blood was spared in the making of this film, and the slayings were so thick and fast, so creative, that I expected Wile E Coyote to appear at any moment.<br/><br/>Even the clichés were well handled, and the intentional humour content very well done. Especially the dark humour.<br/><br/>This isn't Shakespeare. Nor Tarantino. But it's a lot of fun for when you get back from the pub after hours, half cut, and settle down in front of the fire with your Biryani…..Or Should that be Burrito….Whatever. <br/><br/>I'll be looking for more in this series. A gory, pulpy wink of an action thriller, was spun out of a parody trailer Rodriguez directed for the '70s-trash homage "Grindhouse" (2007). The trailer was sublime. As a feature, Machete is more fun than it isn't, but its deadpan mockery of exploitation clichés often slips a bit too close to being the real, schlocky thing.
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